In Biden's immigration reform bill sent to Congress, White House has proposed elimination of country-quota in allocation of green cards, a major demand of Indian IT professionals.
The decision will impact a large number of Indian IT professionals and American and Indian companies who were issued H-1B visas by the US govt for the fiscal year 2021.
The Justice Department said Facebook 'refused to recruit, consider, or hire qualified and available US workers for over 2,600 positions' & instead reserved the jobs to non-citizens.
An order signed by Trump on June which temporarily banned H-1B & L-1 visas, caused a negative impact to the valuation of Fortune 500 firms, Brookings Institute said in a report.
US Department of Homeland Security said data shows more than half-a-million H-1B nonimmigrants have been used to displace US workers, leading to reduced wages & stagnation of wages.
At a FICCI event, Indian Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu says a ‘mini’ trade deal is needed to achieve full potential of trade and business ties between both the countries.
The lawsuit seeks an order declaring the presidential proclamation restriction on issuing new H-1B or H-4 visas or admitting new visa holders of these categories as unlawful.
CEO Rajesh Gopinath's remarks were among the strongest public rebukes from India’s $181 billion IT industry since Donald Trump’s decree to halt approvals for visas.
Infosys brought back employees whose work visas had expired or were awaiting renewal amid concerns that the US might not renew them after the H-1B visa freeze.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
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